I'm going to rename the “Wide Screen” setting to more understandable “2:1 Viewport”, or “2:1 View”, or “Viewport 2:1” (?). Just because this setting isn't about widescreen resolutions support at all. But I need to translate this string to other languages also: German, French, Spanish, Italian, Swedish. If you know one of these languages, please help me with it.

A huge update. For change log see readme_en.txt. Includes nGlide 1.05. The latest feature: super quick gameplay loading (it starts in less than a second).

Also it includes significant changes according to multiplayer game over TCP:- TCP port 9803 is used by default, because original port 1030 often is occupied by Windows, so the game can't start.- If you wish, you can change the port using MultiplayerTcpPort ini setting. Every player have to use the same value!- You can specify a port after “:” symbol when joining IP game. If not specified, a value from the MultiplayerTcpPort ini setting will be used.- When you're trying to open TCP multiplayer game menu, "failed to connect" error message will be shown if needed port is occupied by other application.- For compatibility with the original NFS3 use 1030, but it is not recommended because this port often is occupied by Windows.

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Can someone repeat this instruction several times and check if the game will crash?1. Run the latest beta version of the game (using nglide renderer).2. Start race.3. Wait while starting animation will be finished.These steps have to be performed quicly:4. Press esc (it will open menu).5. Click Quit.6. Press Alt+Enter, and when the game will be switched to a window, quickly click Quit to Main Menu.7. If all is ok, close the game (it's important), wait for some time and repeat all these points.

I've added an animation of loading. You can click or press any key for skipping this animation. Also you can set LoadingSplashTime to any value in seconds. It is 5 seconds by default. To disable this animation at all just set LoadingSplashTime=0.

Also mind the time that is needed for switching display modes for your display/GPU. If you set LoadingSplashTime=0, the game can be started before your display will end switching to the new display mode. But you can avoid display mode switching using windowed mode or NGLIDE_RESOLUTION=1 and NGLIDE_ASPECT=1 in the ./drivers/nglide/thrash.ini.

General:- No more non-rotating wheels in the rear view mirror and in the split screen mode (when Car Detail is High).- Rear View Mirror can display clouds, lightnings, and light from the headlights of cars and from the flashers of cops.- Rear View Mirror can use better 3D models of the track, so the problem with the holes in the objects (displayed in the mirror) is solved now.- “Rear View Mirror” detail setting. Low is equivalent to the original; Medium is for better track 3D model and view distance; High is for the best track 3D model, clouds, lightnings, and light from the car headlights and cop flashers rendering.- Proper proportions of the objects in the rear view mirror.- Fixed direction of the camera of the rear view mirror. The horizon is on the middle of the mirror now (for a better view).- Fixed a small horizon glitch at the edge of a screen when the wide view angle is enabled.- An ability to enable or disable the fog effect directly from the graphics settings menu.- An ability to set volume of menu sounds separately from the volume of the ingame special effects.

HUD:- Smooth edges of the cop/player points on the map.- Gear numbers are right-aligned now, like the digital speedometer.- Gear numbers use smaller font if there is not enough space for them.

Menu:- An ability to enter digits from the Num Pad when Num Lock is on.- Commas are treated as dots when parsing an IP address.- HUD preview in the settings now arranged well.- Volume and Alpha sliders display own value (in percents).- Logos from the LOGO2.QFS (if it exists) are used for animation in the menu (together with logos from the LOGO.QFS). Original version of the game have this file, but it is unused.- Animated logos of automobile manufacturers are disappearing more smoothly.- Fixed rendering piority errors for the top dropdown lists in the the “Location” and “Opponents” menus.- “Car Showcase” subtitle and “Compare All Cars” subtitle are displayed using the same font as the “Race Results” subtitle.- Other insignificant improvements.

Other:- Gameplay loading animation takes into account time of preliminary synchronization of a network game.- IntroSplashTime ini setting, which allows you to set duration of the intro splash image.- Fixed a problem with discolored light from the taillights in the menu when DX6 renderer is used and fog support is enabled.- Fixed a bug which cause a crash when using the screenshoter feature on Windows XP.- Updated version of nGlide with fixes according to the NFS3 is included.

Just noticed one artifact caused by widescreen I suppose. When you are in first person view and get too close or scratch the left wall, you can see trough it partially (Mirror is affected too). This doesn't seem to happen on the right side.

Here some screenshots:

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(The right side seems to be unaffected)

Not sure if that can be fixed, nor it is a game breaker. Just wanted to point it out.Greetings and thanks for the awesome work.